West of MLK

Revealing artists, musicians, entrepreneurs and flat out characters who make the territory West of MLK a place where Baltimore can just be itself.

Follow along with this multimedia project as neighbors in SOWEBO (Southwest Baltimore) talk to fascinating people who live and work in our community. Listen to the podcast at westofmlk.podbean.com or search West of MLK on your podcast platform. Find more photos and follow us on Instagram @westofmlk.

  • Ms Cook Therapy

    Welcome to the first episode of West of MLK: Revealing Sowebo! This week we are talking to Brandi of Ms Cook Therapy and local resident of Hollins Market.

    If you want to find out more about Brandi, you can find her on:

    Instagram @mscooktherapy

    Facebook @ cookingtherapyshow

    TikTok @mscooktherapy

    Twitter @mscooktherapy

    YouTube @ Ms Cook Therapy

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  • Ripp'd Canvas

    Meet Dom @preso_carter (left) and Don @doubledbrands (right) of @rippdcanvas tattoo shop and artist social club and @canvas_cartel talked to us about business and life in Pigtown and Southwest Baltimore and the amazing entrepreneurial energy that they bring to Pigtown.

    Find out more about Dom and Don’s businesses on Instagram:

    @rippdcanvas

    @canvas_cartel

    Find them online at:

    rippdcanvas.com

    thecanvascartel.com

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  • Music in SOWEBO

    Check out our new episode with David @withlovemusic and Quinton Randall @photography_withlove_ , two musicians from West of MLK.

    Find out more about withLove here:

    Instagram- @withlovemusic

    Patreon- https://www.patreon.com/withLoveMusic

    Bandcamp- https://withlovemusic.bandcamp.com/

    Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/withlovemusic

    Find more on Quinton Randall here:

    Website-https://quintonrandall.wixsite.com/websitee

    Instagram - @photography_withlove_

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  • Murals

    On this episode we talked murals with Patrick Harnett and Talia Singer, both local artists living in the Hollins Market neighborhood.

    Find Patrick on social media @Patrick.harnett and Talia on Instagram @taliasingerart and on TikTok at artisseriechicken.

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  • Mini Ep- St. Pauls

    Our first mini episode! We took a trip across town with Kim and Don from @pigtownmainst to find some historic photos of St. Paul’s on Washington Blvd. There was a ton of historic documents and photos from our neighborhood! More than I could share in this mini episode but looking forward to bringing you more when we can.

    Link in bio for the mini episode.

    Thanks again to Kim and Don @doubledbrands from @pigtownmainst for the adventure!

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  • Ghost Signs

    Meet Lashelle! She has been documenting ghost signs all over Baltimore throughout the years and has nearly 300 in her collection. Not only does Lashelle document these ghost signs with photography she takes it a step farther to research each sign and learn a little bit of history about our city. Sharing her love of history couldn’t be contained as Lashelle took some time to explain ghost signs to Jeremy Allen @3800jman while we were out in Fells Point!

    Even after documenting all these ghost signs we found a new one in Baltimore for Lashelle to see- we took her to check out the State Supply ghost sign on Harford Ave. Can you see the second ghost sign?

    Mural photos by @ladorniaphotography

    Knickerbocker building at 218 E. Lexington, Lenny’s House of Natural (building demolished), C.H. Lears (sign painted over) and Meyer & Thalheimer at Howard and Fayette

    Find Lashelle @ladorniaphotography

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